How to get help in a big box hardware store or lumberyard: carry a pair of well-broken-in leather gloves.
I’ve felted small objects (mittens) in a stand mixer using the dough paddle.
Soap, very hot water, low speed. Prepare for a lot of sloshing about.
This is a quick, amazing trick that works as long as your lead is long enough, as it instantly releases as soon as they stop pulling. It doesn’t/cannot hurt the dog. In my pet-sitting days I used it for young dogs that outweighed me by about half again and would easily have pulled me flat.
Toody and Muldoon (Joe E. Ross and Fred Gwynne), “Car 54, Where Are You?” TV show
The “Holy Grail” balance checking the comparative weights of the witch and the duck.
Confusing ‘ (feet) and “ (inches). From “This is Spinal Tap”.
Buddy Ebsen and Fess Parker, “Davy Crockett”
(reference for dyeing)